Washington — US president-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia had never tried to sway his actions and blamed US intelligence agencies for news reports that Moscow had compiled compromising information on him. In a series of Twitter posts, he accused intelligence agencies of taking "one last shot" at him by leaking the information. "Are we living in Nazi Germany?" he asked. Trump is set to give his first formal news conference later on Wednesday, where he is expected to give more insight into his plans to boost economic growth. Trump slammed as "fake news" the reports that classified documents presented to him last week by the heads of four US intelligence agencies included claims that Russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him. "Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA — NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!" Trump wrote in one of the Twitter posts. Trump pointed to the Kremlin’s denials of the reports on th...
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